What Is KELT?

Kilodegree Extremely Little Telescope

KELT is an astronomical survey using two robotic telescopes. Each telescope scans the sky measuring the brightness of millions of stars. We can use KELT to discover planets that orbit these stars when they pass in front of their stars and block their light, like a small eclipse.

Do not look at stars as bright spots only - try to take in the vastness of the universe. —Maria Mitchell

News

Jul 12

(Phys.org)—An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of a new "hot Jupiter" exoplanet with a short orbital period of just three and a half days. The newly detected giant planet, designated KELT-20b, circles a rapidly rotating star known as HD 185603 (or KELT-20). The finding was presented in a paper published July 5 on arXiv.org.

Jun 07

Scientists have discovered a giant ringed gas planet which is likely caused by a mysterious stellar eclipse. The planet has 50 times mass of Jupiter and it is surrounded by a ring of dust. According to researchers from the University of Warwick, this planet is hurtling around a star more than 1000 light years away from Earth.